By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

On a chilly 42 degree morning I had to go searching for our resident falcons and I found both Beauty and Archer on the east side of town. Archer was on the east side of the HSBC building and as I drove north a bit to get a look at the north side I found Beauty perched on the northwest corner.

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About 15 minutes later Archer flew off and around to land on the railing close to Beauty.

Moments later Beauty flew off followed by Archer and they were headed in the general direction of the Times Square building. Sure enough when I arrived on the Broad St. bridge I could see at least 1 falcon up at the nestbox. I pulled over and tweeted it out and soon got a text from Donna that both Beauty and Archer were up there. He flew out of there without me noticing for when I took a pic I could only see Beauty and she was facing out so I knew he wasn’t there any longer.

I then drove down past the Thomson Reuters building to check the Wilder building and just as it came into view I caught Archer  flying off the fire escape ladder after a Starling. He chased it out over the river and gave up and then it went after him as he made his way over to the base of Mercury! I chuckled at that,what a crazy bird having escaped the clutches of death and then pushing it’s luck like that! Nature is a wonder!!!

While I was following Archer, Beauty left the nestbox and so I drove down to Aqueduct St. in search of the Beautyful one. I found her on Widows Walk and while I did so Archer moved in  on the base of Mercury close to the foot and I could just see his head peeking up.

I barely had time to snap off a pic of Beauty before she flew over to the ledge one level directly above the nestbox area.

And from a different angle by falcon central on Broad St.

Archer had left and I could find him nowhere in the Times Square area so I assumed he went over to KP. That thought was confirmed when I received a tweet from CarolP that he was there with Unity. I left Beauty perched and preening up on the spot above her scrape to head home for breakfast. Until next time keep smiling! 🙂

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